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Gallii,  Planch.,  var.  humilis,  Planch.,  and  Potentilla 
Tormentilla,  Sibth.,  var.  sciaphila,  Zimmeter,  were  added 
to  the  Cornish  list.  It  was  growing  sparingly  on  an 
exposed  barren  down  at  the  eastern  extremity  of  the 
parish  of  Gwennap,  about  midway  between  the  "towns  of 
Redruth  and  Truro.  A  few  weeks  later  I  found  it  in 
greater  abundance  on  the  summit  of  Carnmarth  Hill,  near 
Redruth,  nearly  700  feet  above  the  sea.  Through  Mr. 
Arthur  Bennett,  fresh  specimens  were  sent  to  Dr.  Chodat, 
of  Geneva,  who  has  monographed  the  genus,  and  his  reply 
stated  that  it  was  the  most  striking  form  he  had  ever 
seen,  quite  deserving  varietal,  if  not  even  sub-specific 
rank.  Dr .  Chodat  s  description  of  the  little  stranger 
reads  as  follows: — “Leaves  elliptical,  shortly  pointed, 
subimbricate,  mostly  opposite,  only  the  upper  ones 
alternate,  racemes  terminal,  short,  not  at  all  involucred, 
wings  more  elliptical  than  oblong,  crest  but  little  divided, 
about  8-lobed,  the  marginal  lobes  wider  and  incised,  style 
not  at  all  longer  than  the  ovary,  seeds  ellipsoidal,  smooth, 
rather  patent,  sparingly  hairy.” — Fred.  Hamilton  Davey. 
Diantlms  Caryophyllus ,  L.  Rochester  Castle  walls, 
E.  Kent,  v.c.  15,  June  24  and  Sept.  30,  1905.— Coll.  Miss 
C.  E.  Pye.  Comm.  S.  H.  Bickham.  This  evidence  of  its 
continued  existence  at  Rochester  is  welcome :  the  authors 
of  the  “Flora  of  Kent”  believed  it  still  survived,  but  had 
no  recent  evidence. — E.F.L. 
Silene  conica,  L.  Minehead  Warren,  S.  Somerset, 
v.c.  5,  May  18,  1905.  Clearly  native,  and  in  profusion,  at 
Minehead  Warren  ;  its  only  station  in  the  county,  and 
apparently  its  most  western  English  localitv. — E.  S. 
Marshall. 
S.  gallica ,  L.  Sandy  slope,  near  St.  Helier,  Jersey, 
July  5,  1905.— Coll.  S.  Guiton.  Comm.  S.  H.  Bickham. 
The  usual  S.  of  England  form. — E.F.L.  Prof.  Corbiere 
says — “  Le  S.  anglica,  L.,  a  pedicelles  fructiferes  etales, 
les  inferieurs  parfois  meme  divariques  ou  reflechis,  n’est 
qu’une  simple  forme  qui  se  rencontre  <?a  et  la  melee  au 
type,  auquel  elle  passe  frequemment.”  Most  botanists  do 
not  separate  them. — C.E.S. 
S.  gallica,  L.,  var.  rosea.  Sandy  slope,  near  St.  Helier,. 
Jersey,  July  5,  1905. — Coll.  S.  Guiton.  Comm.  S.  H. 
